Simon Karetnik

Simon Karetnik (1893-28 November 1920) was a leader of the anarchist Black Army in the Ukraine.

Biography
Simon Karetnik was born in Huliaipole, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire to a family of poor Ukrainian peasants. Karetnik became an anarchist in 1907, and he became a commander (ataman) of the Black Army under Nestor Makhno during the Russian Civil War. In 1920, he defeated Pyotr Wrangel's White Army forces in the Crimea, but he was captured by Mikhail Frunze's Bolsheviks in Melitopol in November 1920 and executed.